Techniques for Authenticating a Device for Wireless Docking

1. An apparatus comprising: circuitry for a first device; a memory capable of storing a first list of one or more approved devices; a receive component to be executed by the circuitry to receive a first information element (IE) including identification information for a second device; a list component to be executed by the circuitry to compare the identification information for the second device to the first list of one or more allowed devices for wirelessly docking to the first device; a modify component to be executed by the circuitry to modify a jointly derived pairwise master key (PMK) based on the comparison indicating the second device is approved for wirelessly docking to the first device and cause the first device to transmit a modify request message comprising a directive to direct the second device to modify the PMK in a same manner used to modify the PMK on the first device; an authenticate component to be executed by the circuitry to authenticate the second device using a modified PMK; and a dock component to be executed by the circuitry to cause the first device to wirelessly dock to the second device based on a successful authentication.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising: a probe component to be executed by the circuitry to cause the first device to transmit a probe request message associated with a peer-to-peer (P2P) device discovery, the received first IE included in a probe response message transmitted by the second device responsive to receiving the probe request message.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , comprising the probe request message having a second IE including identification information for the first device, the probe response message sent by the second device based on a comparison of the identification information for the first device to a second list of approved devices for wirelessly docking to the second device.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , comprising the identification information for the first and second devices to separately include identifier information based on one or more of a vendor identification, a product family identification, a product identification or a media access control (MAC) address for the second device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising the first and second devices capable of operating in compliance with at least one or more wireless communication standards, and the directive to direct the second device to modify the PMK jointly derived from a key generated by an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) method in accordance with the at least one or more wireless communication standards.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , comprising the authenticate component to authenticate the second device via a four-way handshake process in accordance with the least one or more wireless communication standards using the modified PMK.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , comprising the dock component to cause the first device to wirelessly dock to the second device in accordance with the at least one or more wireless communication standards.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , comprising the directive to direct the second device to modify the PMK by either an XOR logical operation with a pre-shared key maintained at both the first and second devices, or implement a hash function using the pre-shared key.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , the directive comprising an algorithm and to direct the second device to modify the PMK using the algorithm.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , the directive comprising concatenate information and to direct the second device to modify the PMK using the concatenate information.

11. A method comprising: receiving, at a first device, a first information element (IE) including identification information for a second device; comparing the identification information for the second device to a first list of one or more allowed devices for wirelessly docking to the first device; modifying a jointly derived pairwise master key (PMK) based on the comparison indicating the second device is allowed for wirelessly docking to the first device; transmitting a modify request message comprising a directive to direct the second device to modify the PMK in a same manner used to modify the PMK on the first device; authenticating the second device using a modified PMK; and wirelessly docking to the second device based on a successful authentication.

12. The method of claim 11 , comprising receiving the first IE including the identification information in a probe response message associated with a peer-to-peer (P2P) device discovery initiated by the first device via transmission of a probe request message.

13. The method of claim 12 , comprising the probe request message having a second IE including identification information for the first device, the probe response message sent by the second device based on a comparison of the identification information for the first device to a second list of approved devices for wirelessly docking to the second device, the first list maintained at the first device and the second list maintained at the second device.

14. The method of claim 11 , comprising the identification information for the first and second devices to separately include identifier information based on one or more of a vendor identification, a product family identification, a product identification or a media access control (MAC) address for the second device.

15. The method of claim 11 , comprising the first and second devices capable of operating in compliance with at least one or more wireless communication standards, the modify request message including the directive to direct the second device to modify the PMK jointly derived from a key generated by an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) method in accordance with the at least one or more wireless communication standards.

16. The method of claim 15 , comprising the first device authenticating the second device via a four-way handshake process in accordance with the at least one or more wireless communication standards using the modified PMK.

17. The method of claim 15 , wirelessly docking to the second device comprises wirelessly docking in accordance with at least one or more wireless communication standards.

18. The method of claim 11 , the directive to direct the second device to modify the PMK by one of an XOR logical operation with a pre-shared key maintained at both the first and second devices, implement a hash function using the pre-shared key, implement an algorithm included in the directive or concatenate information included in the directive to the PMK.

19. An apparatus comprising: circuitry for a first device; a probe component to be executed by the circuitry to receive a probe request message from a second device in association with a peer-to-peer (P2P) device discovery and cause a probe response message to be transmitted responsive to the probe request message, the probe response message including a first information element (IE) having identification information for the first device; a modify component to be executed by the circuitry to receive a modify request message comprising a directive from the second device to modify a jointly derived pairwise master key (PMK) and modify the PMK based on the directive in a same manner used to modify the PMK on the first device; an authenticate component to be executed by the circuitry to implement an authentication process with the second device using a modified PMK; and a dock component to be executed by the circuitry to cause the first device to wirelessly dock to the second device based on a successful authentication.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , comprising: a list component to be executed by the circuitry to determine whether the second device is allowed to wirelessly dock based on a second IE included in the probe request having identification information for the second device that indicates the second device is included on a first list of allowed devices for wirelessly docking to the first device and indicate the second device is allowed to cause the probe component to cause the probe response message to be transmitted to the second device.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , comprising: a memory capable of storing the first list of one or more allowed devices, the memory to include one of a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory.

22. The apparatus of claim 20 , comprising the modify request message received from the second device based on the second device comparing the identification information for the first device received with the probe response to a second list of allowed devices for wirelessly docking to the second device and transmitting the modify request message responsive to the identification information for the first device indicating the first device is included on the second list.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 , comprising the first and second devices capable of operating in compliance with at least one or more wireless communication standards.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , comprising the directive included in the modify request message to direct the modify component to modify the PMK jointly derived from a key generated by an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) method, the modify component to modify the PMK by either an XOR logical operation with a pre-shared key maintained at both the first and second devices, or implement a hash function using the pre-shared key.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , comprising the authenticate component to implement the authentication process via a four-way handshake process in accordance with the at least one or more wireless communication standards using the modified PMK.

26. The apparatus of claim 19 , the directive comprising an algorithm and to direct the first device to modify the PMK using the algorithm and the modify component to modify the PMK using the algorithm to generate the modified PMK.

27. The apparatus of claim 19 , the directive comprising concatenate information and to direct the first device to modify the PMK using the concatenate information and the modify component to modify the PMK using concatenate information to generate the modified PMK.

28. At least one non-transitory machine readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed on a system for a first device cause the system to: transmit, at the first device, a first information element (IE) including identification information for the first device; receive a modify request message based on a second device comparing the identification information for the first device received with the first IE to a first list of allowed devices for wirelessly docking to the second device and transmitting the modify request message responsive to the identification information for the first device indicating the first device is included on the second list, the modify request message including a directive to modify a jointly derived pairwise master key (PMK); modify the PMK based on the directive in a same manner used to modify the PMK on the first device; implement an authentication process with the second device using a modified PMK; and wirelessly dock to the second device based on a successful authentication with the second device.

29. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 28 , comprising the instructions to cause the system to transmit the first IE with a probe response message responsive to a probe request sent by the second device in association with a peer-to-peer (P2P) device discovery initiated by the second device.

30. The at least one non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 28 , comprising the probe request message having a second IE including identification information for the second device, the instructions to cause the system to transmit the first IE with the probe response message based on the identification information for the second device indicating the second device is listed on a second list of approved devices for wirelessly docking to the first device.